Why “Katz” Means Hangover — And Why a Cat Is Never Just a Cat

Why Idioms Reveal the Way We Think — Not Just the Way We Speak There is a Polish proverb that has always fascinated me: „Ty o chlebie, ja o niebie.”You talk about bread, I talk about the sky. At first glance it sounds poetic. Almost lyrical. But in reality it describes something painfully common: two […]

When One Word Means Two Completely Different People Author’s column by Tymur LevitinFounder & Director — Levitin Language School / Start Language School by Tymur LevitinGlobal Learning. Personal Approach. Introduction: When Words Look the Same but Are Not Some of the most dangerous words in any language are not the ones you don’t know —but […]